Diagnostic outcomes following childhood non-specific abdominal pain: A record-linkage study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 305-309

  Thornton, G C D ^a   Goldacre, M J ^b   Goldacre, R ^b   Howarth, L J ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; IRRITABLE COLON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NON SPECIFIC ABDOMINAL PAIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84938124991     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2015-308198     Document Type: Article

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